Recognized for Accounting History Education Innovation

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Recognized for Accounting History Education Innovation
William Samson—2003
Bill Samson, University of Alabama, was presented the 2003 Innovation in Accounting His-tory
Education Award at The Academy of Accounting Historians’ 2003 Research Confer-ence
in Denton, Texas. This award is presented to an individual for developing and imple-menting
innovative methods and techniques of incorporating accounting history in the teach-ing
of accounting. Bill was selected by the awards committee, from several worthy projects,
for his integrating of accounting history in his undergraduate and graduate courses. He had
been recognized with a similar award from the American Taxation Association in the past.
David Oldroyd—2004
David Oldroyd, University of Newcastle, was recognized awarded the 2004 Innovation in
Accounting History Education Award by the Academy of Accounting Historians at its An-nual
Meeting in Oxford, Mississippi. David has recently become the interim head of the de-partment
at the University of Newcastle and has taken remarkable strides there to make it
one of the leading bastions of accounting history in the United Kingdom. He has also taken
the lead in making his institution a likely host for the 2008 World Congress of Accounting
Historians. The Chair of the Selection Committee writes:
The project submitted comprises the Accounting Change module that is offered as a
final year elective for undergraduates. The main aim of the module is to help stu-dents
develop a critical understanding of the historical processes that have helped
shape and continue to shape the practice of accounting. Equally important is the
wish to stimulate interest in the topic, and to encourage students to consider a re-search
career as an accounting historian.
The award was accepted for Oldroyd by Shanta Davie, his colleague at Newcastle on Tyne.
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